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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 51
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David pleads for forgiveness after he went in to Bath-sheba—He pleads: Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN NATHAN THE PROPHET CAME UNTO HIM, AFTER HE HAD GONE IN TO BATH-SHEBA.</span></center>
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Have</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 25: 7.">mercy</a> upon me, O God, according to thy <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/51/1b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Kindness.">lovingkindness</a>: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/51/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Acts 3: 19.">blot</a> out my <sup>d</sup><a href="ps/51/1d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Sin.">transgressions</a>.
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Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="Mosiah 26: 29 (29-30); TG Purification.">cleanse</a> me from my sin.
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For I <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Confession.">acknowledge</a> my transgressions: and my <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/51/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sin.">sin</a> <i>is</i> ever before me.
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Against thee, thee only, have I <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 12: 13 (9-14).">sinned</a>, and done <i>this</i> evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/51/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rom. 3: 4; D&C 97: 2.">justified</a> when thou speakest, <i>and</i> be clear when thou judgest.
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Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conceived in Sin.">conceive</a> me.
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Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden <i>part</i> thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
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Purge me with <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 19: 18.">hyssop</a>, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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Make me to hear joy and gladness; <i>that</i> the bones <i>which</i> thou hast broken may rejoice.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;9 
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
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Create in me a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cleanliness; TG Purification; TG Repentance.">clean</a> heart, O God; and <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/51/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lam. 5: 21.">renew</a> a right spirit within me.
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Cast me not away from thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Death, Spiritual, First.">presence</a>; and take not thy <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/51/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Loss of.">holy</a> spirit from me.
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Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me <i>with thy</i> free spirit.
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<i>Then</i> will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conversion.">converted</a> unto thee.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Deliverance.">Deliver</a> me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: <i>and</i> my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
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O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
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For thou desirest not <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 15: 22.">sacrifice</a>; else would I give <i>it: </i>thou delightest not in burnt offering.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 14: 2 (1-3); 3 Ne. 9: 20 (19-20).">sacrifices</a> of God <i>are</i> a broken spirit: a broken and a <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/51/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Contrite Heart.">contrite</a> heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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Do good in thy good <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/51/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Pleasure.">pleasure</a> unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
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